Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI slide my arm from under the sleeper’s head and it is numb, full of swarming pins, on the tip of each, waiting to be counted, the fallen angels sit.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there’s no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
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God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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